Natalie Portman has taken her monthly book club through 2026, with the same goal she started with: cultivating empathy and understanding the different perspectives of people from different parts of the world.
The 44-year-old actress launched her book club, called Nat’s Book Club, in 2021 and readers from all walks of life, including fellow A-listers, join her to read literary masterpieces every month.
He black swan The star has revealed her first book pick of 2026, which is a horror mystery called Strange Pictures by YouTuber Uketsu. The book has an experimental format with interconnected images that readers are free to interpret to form a story however they want.
Past reading group selections include memoirs like those of Malala Yousafzai. find my way and Amanda Nguyen Saving fiveas well as Crying at H Mart by Michelle Zauner and novels such as Claire Keegan Encourageand Kaveh Akbar Martyr!.
Speaking about the start of the initiative, Portman previously noted: “I think reading books is one of the first ways we begin to practice empathy. We feel about the characters in stories the same way we feel about ourselves or our own friends. Whenever we imagine another person’s life – their hopes and fears, their feelings and thoughts – we are practicing empathy.”
in addition to the V for Vendetta The star’s book club, this year, has begun with her nomination for Worst Actress of the year, for her role in the action-adventure film. Fountain of Youthat the parodic awards ceremony, the Razzies or the Golden Raspberry Awards.
